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Speaker 1: This is shaping up like a textbook playoff series where

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Speaker 1: the teams don't seem to be willing to bring their

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Speaker 1: effort and focus on the road. Both of these teams

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Speaker 1: are extremely difficult to guard when you look at the

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Speaker 1: way that they're set up. I feel like Phoenix is

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Speaker 1: more of an of a multifaceted offensive threat in the

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Speaker 1: sense that Chris Paul and Devin Booker are primarily responsible

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Speaker 1: for just that initial compromising of the defense. Once they

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Speaker 1: from there, there's so much talent surrounding them on the floor.

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Speaker 1: Cam Johnson is fantastic get attacking closeouts and can shoot.

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Speaker 1: Michail Bridges had a rough night tonight, but he can

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Speaker 1: in the league. They have a different type of attack.

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Speaker 1: It's more kind of like backloaded, but at the same time,

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Speaker 1: Dallas is also extremely difficult to guard. The differences is

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Speaker 1: that Dinwoodie and Bronson and Luca all have more of

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Speaker 1: You're not expecting Reggie Bullock to put the ball on

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Speaker 1: It's kind of more of a you know, we're it's different.

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Speaker 1: But it goes both ways because those offenses, you know,

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Speaker 1: for Phoenix in particular, they depend on guys like Michail

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Speaker 1: They've done it twice, you know. But there are two

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Speaker 1: Dallas mixes up coverages a lot. They do drop with

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Speaker 1: What concerns me with Chris paul scoring struggles is future matchups.

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Speaker 1: I haven't heard anything about an injury for Chris. I

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Speaker 1: And that specifically changes Chris Paul's role against Dwight Powell

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Speaker 1: concerns me. Devin Booker finally had a rough night tonight,

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Speaker 1: for Dallas in particular, their offense hasn't traveled in this series.

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Speaker 1: They're averaging better than ten points better at home than

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Speaker 1: half tonight. How bizarre is that there's a bunch of

429
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Speaker 1: stuff going on in the in the in the area

430
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Speaker 1: of toughness and just metal and in all of those

431
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,639
Speaker 1: little intangible basketball qualities. There were so many things for

432
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Speaker 1: Philly in this series that went south. And guess what,

433
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Speaker 1: That's what happened last year. Philly had more talent than Atlanta,

434
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: Philly had more talent than Miami. They lost both of

435
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Speaker 1: those series. You know, that's one of those things, like

436
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,119
Speaker 1: when we're getting into the top of the league, when

437
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,760
Speaker 1: we're comparing you to Kevin Durant and Lebron James and

438
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,160
Speaker 1: Janice Antenna Kombo and Steph Curry. We're talking about guys

439
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,720
Speaker 1: that bring it every single night, especially at least in

440
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,840
Speaker 1: the postseason, and set a certain tone that trickles down

441
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 1: the roster for whatever for whatever reason, that just doesn't

442
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 1: happen with Philthy and it's bizarre. But before we move on,

443
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Speaker 1: I want to give some credit to Miami because, like

444
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:42,000
Speaker 1: again there I described them in our last show that

445
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 1: talked about Miami. I described them as a sponge in

446
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: the desert that they squeeze every last drop out of.

447
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 1: There's no chance in the world that that Miami is

448
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,000
Speaker 1: gonna leave points on the table, that Miami is gonna

449
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 1: leave an opportunity on the table. They will get the

450
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Speaker 1: absolute most out of their talent. You know, it's funny

451
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,840
Speaker 1: because I put in my notes Philly's big mistake, and

452
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 1: I put that during the game because all I could

453
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: think of is, like, you know, who would be a

454
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 1: guy to have in your foxhold for a game like

455
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 1: this is Jimmy Butler. And then, as fate would have it,

456
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler after the game quote he's talking about him beat.

457
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: I love him, I'm proud of him. I still wish

458
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Speaker 1: I was on his team. I definitely love the Miami Heat,

459
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,920
Speaker 1: though I got so much respect and love for Joel Embiid.

460
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,119
Speaker 1: That was their big mistake. They chose Tobias Harris instead

461
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 1: of Jimmy Butler in that summer, and I mean there's

462
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,200
Speaker 1: some conflicting intel there. Apparently Philly might have offered him

463
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Speaker 1: four years instead of five years or whatever it was,

464
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,560
Speaker 1: and there's you know, obviously Jimmy had an affinity for

465
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Speaker 1: Miami and he fits in perfect to that system. So

466
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Speaker 1: I get it, but we far too often in these

467
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: situations we underestimate the way that that toughness and metal

468
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: factors in to these playoffs series. Just like Eric Spoelser

469
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Speaker 1: said after Game five, you know, you work so hard

470
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 1: on a scheme, you work hard on strategy, you come

471
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,440
Speaker 1: up with a plan, but really all of that goes

472
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Speaker 1: out the window, and it comes down to who goes

473
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Speaker 1: out and makes the extra efforts, who goes out and

474
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,719
Speaker 1: is willing to do the things that other people are

475
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: not willing to do on the floor. So where do

476
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: we go from here? If you're filling, well, let's start

477
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,440
Speaker 1: with Harden. What do you do with James Harden? Really

478
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 1: weird game tonight, wasn't attacking the rim, wasn't put it,

479
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 1: not even putting the refs in a position where they

480
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 1: had to try to make a decision about whether or

481
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Speaker 1: not he was fouled. Two shot attempts in the second half.

482
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Speaker 1: Really weird night. But I've said this before and and

483
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 1: and it's it's what I truly believe. You keep hard

484
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Speaker 1: in despite the fact that he will be overpaid the

485
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Speaker 1: minute you put pen to paper, for two reasons. First

486
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Speaker 1: of all, he's an asset. At some point down the line,

487
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,880
Speaker 1: you'll be able to trade him and you'll be able

488
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: to get something back in return, whereas if you don't

489
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 1: sign him, you get nothing. But two aside from tonight,

490
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Speaker 1: tonight was weird. You know, like I think I'm not

491
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Speaker 1: gonna be I'm not gonna be as hard on, hardened

492
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Speaker 1: for tonight as I would be if he was the

493
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 1: true leader of the team the way he was when

494
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Speaker 1: he was in Houston. This is Joel embiads team. He

495
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: came out flat, everyone else followed. James Harden because of

496
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: his physical decline, is not capable right now. If hitting

497
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: the Jets, he could have taken ten shots in that

498
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: second half and they still would have lost. To be clear,

499
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Speaker 1: he's just with his physical decline, he's not capable of

500
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: it at this point in time. Remains to be seen

501
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,359
Speaker 1: if you'll be able to do it in the future,

502
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,399
Speaker 1: So I'm not gonna be as hard on him. But

503
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Speaker 1: for the most part in this postseason, I thought Harden

504
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,720
Speaker 1: did pretty well given his physical limitations. I thought in

505
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Speaker 1: games two through three through five of this series, particularly

506
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Speaker 1: in Game five, I thought he was the only sixer

507
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: that showed up, and obviously he was a monster in

508
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,920
Speaker 1: Game four. Did it would knock him down this His

509
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,959
Speaker 1: whole impact in this postseason was mainly knocking down threes

510
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,840
Speaker 1: and playmaking. But that's all he's capable of right now.

511
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Speaker 1: So to his credit, I actually, you know the way

512
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Speaker 1: I look at it. If you're Philly and you're looking

513
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: at you, if you're if, if you're Darryl Morrin, you're

514
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: looking at this roster. I actually like a lot of

515
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 1: things about this roster. Tyrese Maxie is really good. Guys.

516
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: He's in his second season and he had monster playoff games.

517
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 1: In this playoff run, he was a huge part of

518
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: why they beat Toronto. His ability to get out and transition.

519
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: He reminds me he's not as good as Jordan Pool.

520
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: Um doesn't have that did that kind of side to

521
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,919
Speaker 1: side shift nous and the off the dribble jump shooting.

522
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: But he's a very good shooter already, and he has

523
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 1: that Jordan Pool straight line drive threat that can be

524
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: so devastating in the NBA, especially in the spread floor.

525
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:41,680
Speaker 1: I love Tyrese Maxi's game. Tobias Harris is overpaid, sure,

526
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,719
Speaker 1: but he's a very good basketball player. And for him

527
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Speaker 1: to be your third or fourth best player as a

528
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Speaker 1: guy who can guard the other team's best wing, exploit mismatches,

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00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: spot up, off the ball, attack, close out, score and

530
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: transition all the things that he can do, that's a

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00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: huge weapon to have on your roster. Joel Embiide you,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about him in a minute. He's Joon

533
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: Beads great, you know. And then James Harden is that

534
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: adult in the room on the perimeter. I talked a

535
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: lot about this in the Boston series after last night.

536
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: Right Boston's biggest weakness right now is they don't have

537
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: a player that understands the flow of a basketball game,

538
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 1: that understands when things are getting off the rails offensively

539
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: and when to rain them in just an adult with

540
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 1: the basketball. They don't they like a traditional point guard

541
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 1: type of concept. They don't have that guy in Boston.

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00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: That's a value there. And one last thing on the

543
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 1: heart and thing like he's thirty two. I is it

544
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: gonna happen? I don't know. Probably not, but there is

545
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: a chance to. And this is another reason why you

546
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: extend him. There's a chance that this was the season

547
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 1: where hard and got humbled in some ways. He probably

548
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: realized in this playoff run that he tried to tap

549
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,239
Speaker 1: into some things that weren't there anymore. And he may

550
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: go into this offseason with the renewed motivation to try

551
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 1: to improve his physical condition. Me we're gonna learn a

552
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: lot about James Harden with the way he comes into

553
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: training camp next season. Last note on Philly, I think

554
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: they have to fire Doc Rivers. He had some moments

555
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 1: in this postseason. To be clear, I thought he outcoached

556
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 1: Nick Nurse in the first round. But here's the thing.

557
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: The toughness element, if it's not gonna come from a player,

558
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: it has to come from your coach. Look at the Celtics.

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00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 1: The Celtics had issues with toughness consistently over the previous

560
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: few years. Email Udoka came in and completely changed that.

561
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: Younger more recently in the league, a guy who brings

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00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 1: a ton of toughness when he was a player, and

563
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 1: he inflicted that on his players in his locker room.

564
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: What I would do is I'd fire Doc Rivers and

565
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: I'd find a guy like email Udoka. I have to

566
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 1: do some research to find some specific examples, but I

567
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: look for someone that has a toughness type of identity

568
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: that can inflict that on this group, because that's what

569
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Speaker 1: this group needs and forward to move on entirely. I

570
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 1: have one last note. I on the Danny Green injury.

571
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 1: I have no idea of Joel and Bead flopped into

572
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 1: his life. I have my suspicions, but I'm not going

573
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: to jump to that conclusion. I'm really really bummed out

574
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: for Danny Green. He's not on a guaranteed contract next year.

575
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Speaker 1: Didn't look good. We don't see. We don't know the

576
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: m r I results yet, but we can all be

577
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 1: pretty sure that's bad. And he probably wouldn't be able

578
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: to finish rehab until he's thirty six years old, So

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Speaker 1: I don't know if we're gonna see him play NBA

580
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: basketball again, and that really bums me out. I'm not

581
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,719
Speaker 1: going to comment on that play, but what I am

582
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: gonna do is take this opportunity to once again tell

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Speaker 1: you guys that this flopping ship has to be taken

584
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 1: out of the league. It is terrible for the league

585
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: in terms of the health of the game of basketball.

586
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: It's terrible for the television product. Joel Embiid became a

587
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: He became a freaking caricature or of himself. Tonight, he

588
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: was falling on almost every single play. There was a

589
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 1: play where he was running back on defense and transition

590
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: and tripped over himself and fell. It's It's like I've

591
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: never seen anything like it. It's bad. It's bad for

592
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: the health of the game, it's bad for the television product,

593
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 1: and most importantly, it's not safe. Again, I'm not referencing

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00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: that play. I'm just saying, especially as a big human being,

595
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: every time you willingly and purposefully fall on the floor

596
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,760
Speaker 1: in traffic, you put everyone else around you at risk.

597
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: You put their legs at risks, you put their ankles

598
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 1: at risk, you put their knees at risk, and you

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00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: willingly make that decision. And this is where I have

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00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: to go at the NBA because this has been a

601
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: problem for the better part of a decade now and

602
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,719
Speaker 1: they let this happen. Go turn on a game from

603
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: like two thousand two. Go turn on a game from

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00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 1: Tell me how much flopping you see? This is a

605
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: new ish problem in the last decade or so, and

606
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: it's one thousand percent because it gets rewarded. I shared

607
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: out of tweet today. You can see it on my feed.

608
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: Joel embiide get drawing a foul on PJ Tucker on

609
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: a pull up jump shot at the free throw line

610
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 1: where he literally does not get touched and kicks both

611
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: of his legs in the air like he does on

612
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: every single shot attempt and flails and screams and gets

613
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 1: a foul call. It worked. Why would he stop? What?

614
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: What incentive is there for Joel embid to stop flopping

615
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: when it works and it's a significant chunk of his offense.

616
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: The irony is average twelve free throw attempts in the

617
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: regular seasons down to nine in the postseason. Dropped from

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00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: twenty eight points a game or thirty points a game

619
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: in the in the one points a game in the

620
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: regular season down to twenty four points per game in

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00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: the postseason when you rely on getting to the foul

622
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: line and they and it still works to a certain extent,

623
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: but it works less. It's no surprised that it stops

624
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: functioning for you. Look at the guys at the top

625
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: of the league. Lebron James is not depending on getting

626
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: to the foul line. Steph Curry is not dependent on

627
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: getting to the foul line. Yokich is not depending on

628
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: getting in the foul line. Neither is the honest None

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00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: of those guys are sereal floppers. They rely on putting

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00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: the ball in the damn basket. And I just it's

631
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: it's bad for him beat in his own development, it's

632
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: bad for the health of the league. And if he didn't,

633
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: if he's not responsible for hurting Danny Green today, he's

634
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: gonna be responsible for hurting someone in the future. Because

635
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: a giant tuitor to seventy pound human falling all over

636
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 1: the place in traffic like he did a dozen times tonight,

637
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 1: everyone's planted, everyone's standing around him. It's dangerous and it's embarrassing,

638
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: objectively unlikable, and it's terrible for the game of basketball.

639
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: And I'm just ready for it to be over. I'm

640
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: sick of it, and I feel really bad for Danny Green.

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Speaker 1: I hope, I hope that he'll be okay. We have

642
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: a pretty shocking Lakers related quote today. This comes from

643
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: Doug Gottlieb's radio show. It's Bill Plashky talking. He says, quote,

644
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 1: I've heard that Phil would like Lebron traded. I've just

645
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 1: heard that. I do know that Phil would like to

646
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,400
Speaker 1: keep Westbrook and try to make it work with him. Jason,

647
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: can you even believe what you're hearing? Oh my gosh, man, Well,

648
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: I mean, so, it's been well documented. We've talked about

649
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 1: this a million times on the show. Genie Buss has

650
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 1: surrounded herself, her experts, the people that she relies on

651
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 1: her advisors are all personal connections and not professional. You know,

652
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,800
Speaker 1: people that are in the weeds are in the work,

653
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: in the grind of things right now, and even you know,

654
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: even like like arguably the most competent person in the

655
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,479
Speaker 1: front office right now is Rob Polinka, and I would

656
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: argue he's a bottom ten GM in the NBA at least,

657
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: if not even lower than that. But it's like, this

658
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:54,240
Speaker 1: is what happened, Like what happens if you surround yourself

659
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: with advisors who consistently have a track record of giving

660
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,280
Speaker 1: bad advice, Well, you get a guy like Magic Johnson

661
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: saying that we need to get the basketball out of

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00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: Lebron's hands. You get a guy like Magic Johnson saying

663
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: that we need to surround Lebron with playmakers instead of shooters.

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00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: And then you get Magic Johnson suddenly halfway through the

665
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,760
Speaker 1: season being like, oh, ship, we need shooters. Let's trade

666
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: our only good starting center. And if each a zooboch

667
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,720
Speaker 1: and to bring back a defender, a shooter that couldn't

668
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: defend and then essentially couldn't even play in their rotation,

669
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 1: you get a ridiculous asset management, like like they literally

670
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: had to sign Tyson Chandler in the middle of the

671
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 1: season and as a result as a result of them

672
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: letting brook Lopez walk. They love brook Lopez was on

673
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,440
Speaker 1: the record saying he wanted to be in l A

674
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: but I think it was because he was a big

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00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: man who liked to shoot threes. That Magic Johnson was like, no,

676
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 1: no thanks. You know you have Kurt Rambas walking. Kurt

677
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: Rambis thinks more DeAndre Jordan's is the answer that's what's

678
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,959
Speaker 1: gonna happen when your advisers don't know what they're talking about.

679
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: Phil Phil Jackson destroy a the New York Knicks as

680
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,399
Speaker 1: an executive, traded Tyson Chandler for nothing. He's the guy

681
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: who signed Joe him Noah to four years seventy two

682
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: million dollars two years after he was any good and

683
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: the year after he was injured all season, the year

684
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: before he started two games. Like it just it's ridiculous.

685
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:23,399
Speaker 1: So what's the natural progression of bad advice from bad advisors. Well,

686
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: let's keep Russ over Lebron, which the hilarious thing is

687
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 1: that there's not even one single angle there that makes

688
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 1: any sense. They're both free agents after this coming season.

689
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 1: They're both are on huge contract numbers, so it's not

690
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: like there's any contract flexibility you gain in the process.

691
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: And Lebron is at least one thousand times better at basketball.

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00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: At this point, I thought Russell Westbrook was one of

693
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 1: the worst rotation players in the league this year, and

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00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: and Lebron James I thought was one of the top

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00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 1: four or five players in the league this year. So

696
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: it's just it's completely ridiculous. But it's just it's it's

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00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 1: what you expect at this point. You know, that was

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00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: the most hilarious thing about gene He's interview that she

699
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: went and did is it's just the latest example of

700
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: self awareness. Like if think about it, think about it

701
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: like this, all of the news we've seen, all of

702
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,280
Speaker 1: the disaster, all of the ship show, the entire public,

703
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 1: the entire Laker fan base is painfully aware of how

704
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: poorly run this team is. And Genie Buss's response was

705
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: to sit down with Bill Plashki, the same guy who's

706
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: been talking NonStop about trading Lebron, and literally sit down

707
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: with him and come to the defense of Linda Rambis

708
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: and come to the defense of Kurt Rambis, and come

709
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: to the defense of everybody that's on her side, and

710
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: deflect any blame away from herself. But then be like, oh,

711
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: it's my job to fix this, Jenny. You put everybody

712
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: in this position like this is your cake that you made.

713
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,879
Speaker 1: Now you have to deal with it, and it's it's

714
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: just ridiculous. This is the you know, the last thing

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00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 1: I'll say is, Laker fans, there's a very there's a

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00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 1: very clear defined linear path to restoring your status as

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00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: a contender this offseason, and chances are you don't. It

718
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: doesn't happen because the people in charge are simply incompetent

719
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: and incapable of executing all of the necessary steps on

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00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: that path. You're it is like me asking you to

721
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 1: go win a fight, but I'm tying your left hand

722
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: behind your back. You're competing against very good NBA teams

723
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: that are full of talent, that have high level It's

724
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,280
Speaker 1: like hard working, ambitious and executives in the front office

725
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: that are in the weeds watching games in Europe, watching

726
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: games on League Past every night, that know exactly what

727
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: succeeds in the modern NBA, that know exactly they know

728
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,919
Speaker 1: exactly what their team's identity is and how to build

729
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: around it. And then you've got the clown show running

730
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: the Lakers. It's like, if Lebron manages somehow to lead

731
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: this team back to a championship, it's gonna be one

732
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: of the it's already him winning one. We have to

733
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: reevaluate that and and the and the way that he

734
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:03,800
Speaker 1: circums basic we navigated around the ship storm that is

735
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 1: the Laker ownership in front office, it's it's just completely ridiculous,

736
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: But I mean at this point, you have to be

737
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 1: pessimistic if you're a Liker fan, because there it's just

738
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: unlikely that they do the things necessary to fix this.

739
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: I think ridiculous, clown show, those are appropriate words like

740
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: this genuinely seems satire level. I think Phil is either

741
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: far too deep into some sort of spiritual cleans in

742
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: which his mind is no longer normally operational or actively

743
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: doing a bit because it is like unfathomable then a

744
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: human being could come to the conclusions that we're hearing

745
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: in these reports. All right, let's go from one wacky

746
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,240
Speaker 1: character to another, because we've got a quote about Kyrie Irving.

747
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,760
Speaker 1: This is from nets GM Shawn Marks. He says, quote,

748
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: we need people here that want to be here, that

749
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: are selfless, that want to be part of something bigger

750
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: than themselves. There's an objective and there's a goal at

751
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: Steak Year. In order to do that, we're gonna need

752
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 1: availability from everybody. Jason, what do you think about that?

753
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 1: Self awareness is one of the most important traits as

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00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: an adult, Like, there's a reason why when you go

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00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,840
Speaker 1: in for a job interview, one of the questions they

756
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: ask you about is like, what are your weaknesses? And

757
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: if you if your answer is I don't have any weaknesses,

758
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: then then you're then you have no self awareness and

759
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: the like it's Kyrie Irving came out of that game

760
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 1: game four after the sweep and was like, uh, you know,

761
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be collaborating with Seawan and me and Kevin

762
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 1: were and Josi, We're gonna we're gonna get this thing

763
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: back on the I'm committed to this, We're this is collaborative,

764
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: all this stuff. And it's like, dude, they don't believe you.

765
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: They they're not on your side. They view you as

766
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,360
Speaker 1: part of the problem. That's the reality of this situation.

767
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,240
Speaker 1: It's kind of like Russell Westbrook after that that horrible

768
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: loss against the Pelicans when Lebron and a d are

769
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 1: like sitting on the bench incensed and and Russ is

770
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 1: coming up to them like patting them in the back

771
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: like it's okay, guys, it's because Frank didn't play me.

772
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: I'll be bad. I'll be back next time. And everyone's like, no, man, like,

773
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 1: that's that's not what's happening. It's just Kyrie has a

774
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: complete and total lack of self awareness. I think Kevin

775
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: Durant is completely under the under his under that spell

776
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 1: as well because of the friendship, which has clouded his judgment,

777
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,840
Speaker 1: because the reality of the situation is that it was

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00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,840
Speaker 1: readily apparent to anybody that had been following Kyrie in

779
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 1: the previous years that he was not the right guy

780
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 1: to partner with. There's heavy intel that in the two

781
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: thousand seventeen playoff run, while the Calves were streaking towards

782
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 1: a NBA trip to the NBA Finals, literally only lost

783
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 1: one game in the Eastern Conference playoffs. There's plenty of

784
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,359
Speaker 1: reports that he was distancing himself from the locker room.

785
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:45,280
Speaker 1: That's ridiculous, like when times are good, he was pulling away.

786
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 1: Then he threatened to get knee surgery to get himself

787
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: traded out of town. Everything that he did with Boston,

788
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 1: we don't have to get into it. It's well documented.

789
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: This guy is a vagabond. He's a flake. He's not dependable.

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00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: He on any given day, his mood changes with like

791
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: the weather. It literally he is. Doesn't say anything about

792
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: him as a quality of a human being. I'm sure

793
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: he's He's done amazing things to give back to the community.

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00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,200
Speaker 1: By all accounts, he's a great person, but he's meant

795
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,319
Speaker 1: to be a solo act. He's meant to go, he's

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00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: meant to do things on his own because in a

797
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: team setting, he lacks the awareness of how important it

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00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: is for him to be there and to be reliable

799
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: and to be you know, what the team needs him

800
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 1: to be and like and and like for him. Right

801
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: after that game, he was talking about continuity being an issue.

802
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 1: It's like, dude, you were the reason there was no continuity.

803
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: And that's the thing. He's the guy that in the

804
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: job interview and they say what are your weaknesses, he

805
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: goes like, my weaknesses is that I show up too

806
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: early and then I worked too hard. Like that. That's

807
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: that's literally the type of guy that he is. And

808
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 1: it's just, you know, doesn't mean anything about him as

809
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 1: a human being, just means bad teammate and and it

810
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: means that it's probably worthwhile to try to find someone

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00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: else's partner with. First of all, I think it's amazing

812
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: that you've now referred to Kyrie as a vagabond twice.

813
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: It's two of my favorite moments in really the history

814
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 1: of sports content, because that word is so underappreciated and

815
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,320
Speaker 1: you're bringing it back and it's a huge public service.

816
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: I also think you make an interesting point about, you know,

817
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: Kyrie not operating within a team setting. I think that's intuitive,

818
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 1: but it reminds me of Big boss Man Colin Coward

819
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 1: said maybe a month or so ago, that Kyrie was

820
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 1: built to be a musician or a tennis player or

821
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:32,840
Speaker 1: some sort of brilliant individual performer, but just you know,

822
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: somebody you could never understand that team construct. Who do

823
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 1: you think is the least self aware basketball player on

824
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 1: the planet right now? Because I think there's a few

825
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,920
Speaker 1: good candidates, So I'm interested in your thoughts. Oh, it's

826
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook, hands down, And it's not even close, like

827
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 1: at least with Kyrie Irving, Like he's good like like

828
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: at least Kyrie Irving. There's like this little bit of

829
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: evidence that supports him being not self aware. And it's

830
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: that he like nobody can go at him in the NBA,

831
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,320
Speaker 1: you know, like that that that's like his little like

832
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,320
Speaker 1: that that's the thing that that's the driving force behind

833
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: his ego, outsizing his own self awareness. Right, Russell Westbrook

834
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: was not a very good basketball player this year, and

835
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 1: yet if you injected him with truth syreum, right, now

836
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 1: we don't even have to do so. Just go on

837
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: YouTube and look up Russell Westbrook's exit interview and watch

838
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,360
Speaker 1: how often he directly references his own unwillingness to adapt,

839
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 1: his own poor player, or his own his own responsibility

840
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: for what happened on the court that year. And like

841
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,720
Speaker 1: you know, like specifically with the Lakers, guys, I covered

842
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 1: them this year. I watched every single game they played twice.

843
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,960
Speaker 1: He was awful, Like it's the he's the poster boy

844
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: for why counting stats in the box score do not

845
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: reveal what a player's impact on the basketball court is

846
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: because he was horrible off the ball, he was horrible

847
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 1: on defense. He like his lapses and judgment and his

848
00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:00,040
Speaker 1: lapses and awareness were like every single game, especially and

849
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: pivotal moments. And then he's just convinced that it was

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00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,280
Speaker 1: everyone else's fault. So I think it's Russ in a landslide.

851
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 1: I completely agree, and I love teaing you up on

852
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: any Russ stuff. But my take, for a while, like

853
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 1: for several years, has been I think Russ might be

854
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 1: the least to wear athlete. I would say of all time,

855
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,840
Speaker 1: it feels like of my lifetime because it's in every respect.

856
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: It's in terms of talking to the media and not

857
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: acknowledging his own shortcomings, but more obviously than that, every

858
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: single game it's, like you said, not understanding his skill

859
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,360
Speaker 1: set being this otherworldly athlete. You know, he's lost a

860
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: little bit of that. But who doesn't want to operate

861
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 1: off the ball and actively cut and this horrible shooter

862
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 1: who takes five six threes a game and a million,

863
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,920
Speaker 1: you know, terrible midrange pull ups. It's just everything he

864
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,839
Speaker 1: does screams, I don't actually know what I'm good at.

865
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,840
Speaker 1: I think I'm great at everything. Nothing can ever be

866
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: my fault. So I agree with you, But I don't know, Kyrie.

867
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: I could see some people arguing for him. The man

868
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:55,920
Speaker 1: is definitely off on his own plane a little bit.

869
00:45:55,920 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: But I agree with you on the right choice. It's

870
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 1: just it's it's just a classic case of it's a

871
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: classic case of like, if there was anything that would

872
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,680
Speaker 1: have humbled him into admitting these things, it was this

873
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 1: year and he and it didn't work. Like if if

874
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 1: this Lakers season couldn't convince Russell Westbrook that there were

875
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:18,239
Speaker 1: some things that he had to get better at than

876
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,120
Speaker 1: nothing will And I'm not sure that he'll ever have

877
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: We just talked about James Harden's potentially James Harden in

878
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:27,959
Speaker 1: his potential like redemption story, I don't know that Russ

879
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: could ever achieve that without having some self awareness, and

880
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: he just doesn't. Yeah, well, he's a lot more focused

881
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 1: on people calling him Westbrook and how that negatively affects

882
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: his family because he is not at fault. He had

883
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:42,400
Speaker 1: a great season this year. All right, let's pivot to

884
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: a quote about the Celtics here. This is from head

885
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:50,319
Speaker 1: coach email Udoka talking about their feelings after going down

886
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 1: three two. He says, quote, of course we're gonna be down.

887
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 1: Guys are gonna be upset about the outcome. We outplayed

888
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: them for three and a half quarters. We talked about

889
00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 1: showing our resolve and we made it tougher on ourselves now.

890
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 1: It will make it sweeter when we bounce back. But

891
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,840
Speaker 1: we gave up a golden opportunity tonight. Jason, what are

892
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: your thoughts on that? Well, first of all, I love

893
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: imay Udoka. I think he I think he represents what

894
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: a modern NBA coach needs to be. You know, um,

895
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 1: I've talked a lot on this show about how you know,

896
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 1: there's a certain level of offensive organization that's important, a

897
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: certain amount of like you know, detailed sets and getting

898
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,320
Speaker 1: guys in the right spots and mainly spacing concepts I

899
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: think are most important at this point, and Emay obviously

900
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 1: understands those things. But one of the most important things

901
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:39,400
Speaker 1: is managing personalities. In the way that Emay Yudoka resonates

902
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: with his players and can convince them to do the

903
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 1: things that need to be done to win games is

904
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: so important, like and you it'll be interesting. The interesting

905
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 1: thing to track with him will be burnout because for instance,

906
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 1: like there are guys like Frank Vogel or Tom Thibodeau

907
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 1: who in a short sample size seemed to be able

908
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,399
Speaker 1: to captivate his players into a certain level of work

909
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 1: ethic intensity, but it seems to wear on them and

910
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:06,480
Speaker 1: then you'll see like seasons after or the same group

911
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: of guys just don't get the same level of intensity

912
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 1: under those coaches. So that will be the next step

913
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 1: for Emay is his ability to stay fresh in and

914
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 1: to keep that level of commitment. You know, this series,

915
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 1: I I agree with him though, like they made it

916
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 1: harder on themselves, but this series is not over. You know,

917
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: once again, Milwaukee's half court offense in Game five zero

918
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: point eight eight points per play. Boston's half court offense

919
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 1: in Game five zero point nine seven points per play.

920
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: So in every single one of the five games in

921
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: this series, both teams have struggled in the half court,

922
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 1: but Boston has been definitively better about ten points per

923
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: every one d possessions. So it's consistently been Boston's own

924
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 1: self sabotage that has hurt them. Milwaukee scored two point

925
00:48:55,320 --> 00:49:00,320
Speaker 1: one four points per transition play. How insane is that?

926
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:05,959
Speaker 1: Literally they're scoring more than a layup on every transition play.

927
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,879
Speaker 1: That's where that's consistently been where this series is turned.

928
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 1: The difference is is Boston was also great in transition

929
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: in Game five, they average one point seven points per

930
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:19,320
Speaker 1: transition play. Where Milwaukee dominated this game was the offensive

931
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 1: glass we've talked about on the show. They had seventeen

932
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:26,360
Speaker 1: offensive rebounds. Bobby Porter has had seven. Milwaukee scored. This

933
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:30,360
Speaker 1: is a wild stack, Carson. Milwaukee scored an additional zero

934
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 1: point three five points per miss in putbacks. So if

935
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,320
Speaker 1: it just literally every time they so think of it

936
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,240
Speaker 1: like this, to simplify it, every time they missed three shots,

937
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 1: they got a point in offensive rebound putbacks, which is

938
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 1: just a wild way to steal a basketball game, and

939
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:50,640
Speaker 1: that's how they did it. So Boston was better in

940
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: the half court. They actually won the fast breakpoint battle,

941
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: and they lost the game specifically on the offensive glass.

942
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,120
Speaker 1: But that's something they can not Marcus Smart said after

943
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: the game, all we have to do is box out.

944
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: But it all comes down to those details in their

945
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,440
Speaker 1: offensive organization. I thought the stat as wild as all

946
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 1: those stats are, I thought the stat of last night's

947
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:16,360
Speaker 1: game was Boston attempted zero three's in the fourth quarter.

948
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: Now think of it like this. Milwaukee's defense is specifically

949
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,239
Speaker 1: set up to give up threes because they overhelp in

950
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: the paint. Now, they did drop out Brook Lopez. They

951
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,600
Speaker 1: went with Bobby Portis and Janice at the four five,

952
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 1: and they switched everything. But as I've said, the only

953
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: way to attack a switching defense, because the switching defense

954
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:39,880
Speaker 1: is designed to bait you into stupid pull up jump shots.

955
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:42,399
Speaker 1: Even if you make them, they stagnate your team. They're

956
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 1: not great looks. The only way to be the switching

957
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:50,280
Speaker 1: defense is to beat individual matchups to the rim. Because

958
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:52,920
Speaker 1: if you can beat individual matchups to the rim, you

959
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,759
Speaker 1: will force help, and if you force help, you can

960
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:58,960
Speaker 1: get quality three point shots or quality opportunities to attack

961
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:03,360
Speaker 1: close outs. They attempted zero threes, which tells you that

962
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 1: in that in Brooke up Has didn't play in that

963
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:07,759
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, so they switched everything the entire quarter in

964
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:11,359
Speaker 1: Boston just neglected to apply any rim pressure. They fell

965
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,919
Speaker 1: directly into Milwaukee's trap and it costs him the game.

966
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,400
Speaker 1: Now I'm off of Boston in terms of like predicting

967
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 1: anything with them, because I was off of them before

968
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,080
Speaker 1: they even won the game in Game five, because they're

969
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: their their lack of discipline, and they're they're they're a

970
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:27,680
Speaker 1: guy who They're a team that would be killing for

971
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: a guy like James Harden on the roster, and that

972
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,239
Speaker 1: might be something they have to look into. They need

973
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 1: an adult on the perimeter that can orient them and

974
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: put them in positions that they need to be. But

975
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:39,440
Speaker 1: I I think I wouldn't count Boston out in Game

976
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:43,000
Speaker 1: six at all, and I wouldn't count Milwaukee out if

977
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:46,000
Speaker 1: Boston won because both teams. Both teams have shown the

978
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: the ability to win on the on the road, so

979
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,680
Speaker 1: it's just you know, it's it's a really really interesting series.

980
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:52,800
Speaker 1: I think I think these are two of probably the

981
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:54,879
Speaker 1: best teams in the league. They're easily the two best

982
00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:56,800
Speaker 1: teams in the West or in the East, excuse me.

983
00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:00,760
Speaker 1: And this series kind of feels like a conference finals

984
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,600
Speaker 1: type of series. And Milwaukee stole three games in this

985
00:52:04,719 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 1: series simply by by winning on all the details. We

986
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 1: talked about swing factors. That's a phrase I use all

987
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:13,360
Speaker 1: the time on the show as swing factor. If the

988
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,719
Speaker 1: entire game played out in the half court, Boston would

989
00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:17,960
Speaker 1: have won this series in a suite. But it doesn't.

990
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:21,239
Speaker 1: There are swings. It's like special teams in football or turnovers.

991
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:23,160
Speaker 1: You can you can be the team that runs the

992
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,919
Speaker 1: ball all night long with no issue that is picking

993
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 1: them apart with your passing game. But if you have

994
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:30,120
Speaker 1: a couple of sloppy turnovers and you get dominated in

995
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:32,560
Speaker 1: special teams, you can cost yourself a game. And that's

996
00:52:32,560 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: what's been happening to Boston is they're just getting destroyed

997
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 1: on the margins and all of the details. And that's

998
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:41,319
Speaker 1: specifically why like like I I, even if Boston wins

999
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:43,359
Speaker 1: this series, I would feel a lot less confident about

1000
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: them winning the title because they just don't pay enough

1001
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:50,839
Speaker 1: attention to those things. It has been fascinating to watch

1002
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,279
Speaker 1: that play out. There's throughout this series it's been the

1003
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:55,879
Speaker 1: same thematic issues that you've touched on over and over again.

1004
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:01,640
Speaker 1: And obviously incredible accomplishment for Janice particularly, but the Bucks overall,

1005
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 1: if they're able to pull this off with Middleton out.

1006
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: But it does feel in a lot of ways like

1007
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:07,840
Speaker 1: a failing of the Celtics, just given the level that

1008
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: we saw them reach down the stretch of the season

1009
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:11,880
Speaker 1: and the expectations that they drummed up in the opportunity

1010
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 1: that they had with how things have shaken out Middleton

1011
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,000
Speaker 1: not being there, and obviously Miami a very good team

1012
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,480
Speaker 1: in the conference finals, but I think certainly Boston has

1013
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:22,439
Speaker 1: a higher ceiling. So it'll be interesting to see sort

1014
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:25,160
Speaker 1: of what their responses if they fall short here, because

1015
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:27,759
Speaker 1: this definitely ended up being a pretty golden opportunity. It

1016
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 1: feels like, alright, yes, I think it would be adult,

1017
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:34,239
Speaker 1: adult playmaker, just somebody who's a grown up on the

1018
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:37,040
Speaker 1: perimeter that's there, that's gonna be their their go to need.

1019
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:38,400
Speaker 1: I don't know who that is. I don't know if

1020
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:41,240
Speaker 1: you target like a or someone like a Ricky Rubio

1021
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: or someone along those lines. Just I don't think you

1022
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,960
Speaker 1: need another primary ball handler, but you just need somebody

1023
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:50,560
Speaker 1: that can get Tatum and Brown off the ball in

1024
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:52,879
Speaker 1: terms of bringing the ball up the floor and making

1025
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 1: that initial decision. You need someone to throw the ball

1026
00:53:55,719 --> 00:53:57,360
Speaker 1: to Tatum here and be like here, dude, all you

1027
00:53:57,440 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: have to think about is scoring in this post up here, dude,

1028
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 1: all you need to think about is like drawing this

1029
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: double team out of this spot. But like them, them

1030
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:06,440
Speaker 1: bringing the ball up the floor and making that initial

1031
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: decision is too often resulting in things going off the rails.

1032
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 1: That's always been my thought with them, and it was

1033
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: interesting because I sort of felt like, and obviously there

1034
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,319
Speaker 1: are differences, but their vision of Okay, we have our

1035
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 1: two score first wings and they're gonna be our offensive

1036
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,839
Speaker 1: initiators very consistently out of isolation and pick and roll.

1037
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: The model that I looked at and thought, Okay, that's

1038
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: probably most similar was what the Clippers had with Kawai

1039
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,359
Speaker 1: and PG last year. But I thought to make that work,

1040
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 1: you needed, first of all, Kawai and PG, you who

1041
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 1: are just a better tandem to begin with a more

1042
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: developed playmaking tandem as well, and like one of the

1043
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:44,200
Speaker 1: greatest shooting teams ever around them. And still obviously Kawai

1044
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,759
Speaker 1: gets hurt, but it was a second round exit. So

1045
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: it's always seemed to me like a lofty goal, and

1046
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:51,919
Speaker 1: I think you touched on it. I mean, so many

1047
00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,879
Speaker 1: great teams that they have just straight up that dynamic star,

1048
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:58,319
Speaker 1: scoring and playmaking guard. But if you don't have that guy,

1049
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:00,799
Speaker 1: if you do just have the lead wing, you need

1050
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:02,879
Speaker 1: a table setter, you need somebody to control the flow,

1051
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,640
Speaker 1: because it's just too much to ask those guys I think,

1052
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: to consistently be great decision makers and facilitators and everything

1053
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:11,200
Speaker 1: that they need to be right now if Boston wants

1054
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:15,279
Speaker 1: to achieve its ultimate ceiling. Yeah, in one last super

1055
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 1: quick note, like this is quickly becoming one of the

1056
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: most it's impossible to quantify. It doesn't show up in

1057
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 1: a box score. I have no way, I don't have

1058
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: any idea how to measure it. But game management is

1059
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:32,359
Speaker 1: like one of the most valuable basketball skills that we're

1060
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:36,520
Speaker 1: learning in this postseason run. And again it's you just

1061
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: know it when you see it. It's just It's just it,

1062
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:42,799
Speaker 1: guys that can It's almost like a manifest and pace

1063
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Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, Like you just can tell,

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Speaker 1: Like when you watch Luca, there's just a control that

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Speaker 1: he has over the flow of the game. And Chris

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00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:53,720
Speaker 1: Paul has that same control. Steph Curry has that same control.

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Speaker 1: Janice has that same control. You just either have it

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00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: or you don't. I don't know how to quantify it,

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00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:01,000
Speaker 1: but it's just Boston doesn't have it. And it's the

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Speaker 1: biggest reason. You know, Milwaukee has no business being in

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Speaker 1: a close out game tomorrow. They have no business being

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Speaker 1: in a closeout game and they are in one because

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00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:16,719
Speaker 1: of Janice's greatness and because Boston soiling themselves. Like that's

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00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:22,200
Speaker 1: literally what it is. Yeah, I I agree completely. All right.

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Speaker 1: We've got a quote from our guy Draymond here about

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00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:30,280
Speaker 1: the Warriors having to obviously make this adjustment from playing

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00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 1: one version of the Grizzlies to playing another, and obviously

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00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: we saw them get blown out in historic fashion in

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Speaker 1: Game five. He said, you almost have to make the

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00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,360
Speaker 1: adjustment in this series as if we're starting an entirely

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00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,879
Speaker 1: different series. You kind of have to rethink the whole

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00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:47,800
Speaker 1: game plan because our game plan was built around John Morant. Jason,

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Speaker 1: you've talked a lot about the trade offs that you

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00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:54,280
Speaker 1: have losing Jaw obviously losing his lead scoring, but gaining

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00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:57,759
Speaker 1: some of that size athleticism defense. So what are your

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00:56:57,800 --> 00:56:59,800
Speaker 1: thoughts on that. What are some of the key adjustments

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00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 1: to Warriors need to make there to actually go out

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00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:08,719
Speaker 1: and close out this series. So I agree with him

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Speaker 1: in respect to the fact that, yes, like all your

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00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 1: coverage is changed because there's a certain amount of like

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00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:19,200
Speaker 1: a overloading that you do for Jaw, you know, right,

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Speaker 1: especially on your defensive scheme, your pick and roll coverage,

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00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:24,680
Speaker 1: all those kinds of things. There are absolutely some massive

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00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 1: differences without Jaw right and obviously without Jaw it's harder

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00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:34,600
Speaker 1: to get dribble penetration because there's just better perimeter defenders

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Speaker 1: on the floor for Memphis. But to me, this game

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Speaker 1: tomorrow is so simple. There is a clear, like easily

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00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:46,919
Speaker 1: defined path to winning tomorrow for Golden State, and it's

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Speaker 1: do the physical job. So that means, you know, they

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Speaker 1: went The reason why it was a buzz saw in

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Speaker 1: Game five or get yeah, game five, the reason why

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00:57:57,480 --> 00:58:01,040
Speaker 1: that was a buzz saw was because no, uh, Memphis

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00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:07,520
Speaker 1: had a relentless physical attack on that game in every facet, offensive, glass, transition,

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00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:11,000
Speaker 1: defensive intensity, all of those things, and they manifested in

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00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:13,720
Speaker 1: all the stats. They forced a million turnovers, they dominated

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Speaker 1: the game in transition, and they had a million second

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00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:19,960
Speaker 1: chance points. Right. Those are all what I would call controllables.

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00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:22,920
Speaker 1: Those are all things that they can control. They just

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00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:26,160
Speaker 1: didn't want to do it in game five. It too simply,

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Speaker 1: to put it simply, and we talked about on the show.

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00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:30,680
Speaker 1: I don't judge them for that. It's a very common phenomena.

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Speaker 1: It's why I bet on that game, It's why we

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Speaker 1: sent that out as a betting opportunity before the game.

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Speaker 1: Simply put older veteran teams going into a bigger, more athletic,

1115
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,800
Speaker 1: younger team in an elimination game scenario on the road.

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Speaker 1: It's just the buzz saw. And it's very rare that

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00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 1: you'll see the veteran team match that physicality, especially when

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Speaker 1: they have a home opportunity to close out on the horizon. Right.

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Speaker 1: I Mean, you could argue that's what happened to Phoenix

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Speaker 1: tonight on a different type of level. You could argue

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00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:00,920
Speaker 1: that they could have brought an their level, but they

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00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 1: didn't because they knew they had a home game on

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00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:05,880
Speaker 1: the horizon, right. So my thing is, like, if they

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Speaker 1: go into Game six and Golden State relentlessly boxes out,

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Speaker 1: works on their like sits in a defensive stance, and

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Speaker 1: contains their ball handlers, which, by the way, Memphis without

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00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:19,080
Speaker 1: John Morant is a guardable team, a very guardable team

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Speaker 1: if you do the work and then get back in

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00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:24,560
Speaker 1: transition take care of the basketball. All of those things

1130
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: right there automatically put you in a position to win. Now,

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00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 1: the reason why it was close in Game four, and

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00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:33,520
Speaker 1: the other thing they'll have to watch out for is

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00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:36,320
Speaker 1: early in the series they got a ton of dribble penetration.

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Speaker 1: We did a whole thing on this in Game three,

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Speaker 1: surrounding Jordan pools our opening segments. So the other important detail,

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Speaker 1: all those physical details. But they also and I would

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00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 1: argue this is a physical detail as well. They need

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00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:49,520
Speaker 1: to put their head down and get by people. They

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00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:52,360
Speaker 1: need to get some rim pressure. They need to compromise

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00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 1: Memphis defense with dribble drive, which they just simply didn't

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00:59:56,040 --> 01:00:00,200
Speaker 1: do nearly enough in the last two games. But the

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Speaker 1: reason why I'm picking Golden State is all those things

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Speaker 1: I just said, they know that Draymond knows that Steph

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Speaker 1: knows that they have the appropriate fear, and they will.

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Speaker 1: I expect them to go home tomorrow night, to sit

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Speaker 1: in a defensive stance and to contain memphis lack of

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Speaker 1: ball handling. I expect them to sit down and box

1148
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:21,320
Speaker 1: out and push guys out of the lane and crash

1149
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:24,000
Speaker 1: the glass. I expect them to split back. In transition.

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01:00:24,080 --> 01:00:25,960
Speaker 1: I expect them to take care of the basketball. I

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01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:27,959
Speaker 1: expect them to do all those things that the grown

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01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:29,760
Speaker 1: up team usually does when they know they have to,

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Speaker 1: and I think they'll get a win tomorrow. Alright, enough basketball, Jason,

1154
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Speaker 1: let's get to the good stuff here. Because it's officially

1155
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Speaker 1: Star Wars season. We've got Obi Wan Kenobi coming out

1156
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:43,640
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. So let's give you a couple

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Speaker 1: of appropriate quotes for a very important question about the

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Speaker 1: Star Wars world. Here are some quotes from you and

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Speaker 1: McGregor and Hayden Christensen on Revenge of the Sith. McGregor

1160
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Speaker 1: said episode three was a really good movie. Hayden says

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Speaker 1: it's a phenomenal film. So Jason, let me ask you,

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Speaker 1: are the prequels good? I'm pro prequel. I there are

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01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,919
Speaker 1: things that I dislike about them, you know. So here's

1164
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:12,040
Speaker 1: the thing. The sequel trilogy, it's an entire giant pile

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Speaker 1: of garbage. Okay, the entire thing. It's an insulting it's

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Speaker 1: insulting to George Lucas, it's insulting to all Star Wars fans,

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Speaker 1: it's insulting to all of us, right, so it just

1168
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,520
Speaker 1: it it. They knew they were robbing us, they knew

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Speaker 1: they were going after our wallets at the expense of

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Speaker 1: our Star Wars fanhood and everything that we stand for,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't care. Okay, what the prequels were was

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Speaker 1: George Lucas achieving something that was very difficult to do,

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01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:41,800
Speaker 1: but also that had an element of like some cheesiness,

1174
01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:44,160
Speaker 1: some diving a little bit too far into the weeds,

1175
01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:48,680
Speaker 1: some bad acting, some directorial mistakes, things like that, some

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01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:51,320
Speaker 1: things that didn't flow, some things that were slow. So

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Speaker 1: those are just nitpicky things. And of course, like you know,

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01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:57,920
Speaker 1: not every movie is going to be great, so that

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01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:00,200
Speaker 1: that goes that that's just part of the deal. Thought.

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Speaker 1: Revenge of the Sith was a phenomenal move movie and

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01:02:03,360 --> 01:02:05,360
Speaker 1: to to this day, and this is why. I hope

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01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:08,680
Speaker 1: that Star Wars will attempt to leave this timeline and

1183
01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:11,920
Speaker 1: do this again. But the concept of that fallen Jedi,

1184
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:16,000
Speaker 1: you know, good turning evil, but that good turning evil

1185
01:02:16,040 --> 01:02:18,560
Speaker 1: and becoming way more powerful and becoming this entity that

1186
01:02:18,640 --> 01:02:20,240
Speaker 1: has to be dealt with, that to me is like

1187
01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:23,080
Speaker 1: a home run every single time, and it's the easiest.

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01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:26,560
Speaker 1: It's the easiest way to to build an organic news story.

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01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:28,200
Speaker 1: So I hope they eventually do something like that. But

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm with I'm with both of those guys. I

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01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:32,640
Speaker 1: thought the prequel trilogy was good and Revenge of the

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01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:36,040
Speaker 1: Sith was an awesome movie. Yeah, I think there's some

1193
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:39,440
Speaker 1: serious prequel flaws. I rewatched all of them pretty recently.

1194
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:41,360
Speaker 1: Attack of the Clones was my favorite as a kid,

1195
01:02:41,640 --> 01:02:44,840
Speaker 1: watching a million times not not good with hindsight, But

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Speaker 1: Revenge of the Sith is my favorite Star Wars movie.

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Speaker 1: So I will stand with you and the esteem gentleman

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01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:54,920
Speaker 1: on this one. I'm very very pro Revenge of the Sith. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I may, I may or may not have something coming

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01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,440
Speaker 1: down the pipeline that is Star Wars related as a

1201
01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:01,600
Speaker 1: separate sure, but I'm not going to get into that tonight.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, a couple of quick notes before we

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Speaker 1: get out of here. Remember to like this video. I

1204
01:03:06,840 --> 01:03:09,240
Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys supporting the show. It would mean

1205
01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:10,480
Speaker 1: the world to me if you took the time to

1206
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,360
Speaker 1: hit that like button. Also follow me on Twitter at

1207
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:16,600
Speaker 1: underscore Jason LT. That's where I released all the video

1208
01:03:16,680 --> 01:03:19,040
Speaker 1: content that backs up some of the concepts that I

1209
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:21,520
Speaker 1: talked about on the show. I sincerely appreciate you guys

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Speaker 1: support We will be back tomorrow night after a couple

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Speaker 1: more games sixes and I will see you guys then.

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